How to jump the queue by getting your COVID shot in the U.S.
The U.S. is so glutted with vaccines some states have started giving them to Canadians out of pity
Author of the article: Tristin Hopper
Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • 2 days ago • 5 minute read •
In this file photo taken on February 16, 2021 medical worker Robert Gilbertson loads a syringe with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to be administered by nurses at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California. Photo by Apu Gomes/AFP
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Canada has made great strides in its vaccination regime in recent weeks. Nevertheless, as tens of thousands of envious locked-down Canadians are well aware, we’re still way behind the United States. At 37 per cent coverage, the United States is now one of the most vaccinated countries on earth. And, unlike Canada, the U.S. does not mandate a four-month gap between its vaccine doses, meaning that Americans are fully immunized 3.5 months sooner than their Canadian counterparts.